Adjustable measuring-garment.



0. H. KUEHN & G. B. PRBLL.

ADJUSTABLE MEASURING GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1912.

1,054,426, Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO H. KUEHN, OF DEER PARK, AND GEORGE B. PRELL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE MEASURING-GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 9, 1912.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

Serial No. 676,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, OTro H. KUEIIN and GEORGE E. PRELL, citizens of theUnited States, residing, respectively, in Deer Park and Cincinnati, inthe county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented an AdjustableMeasuring-(iarment, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to adjustable measuring garments commonly known aswaist coats or vests.

To measure a person for a suit he should wear a vest which properly fitsthe form. In measuring for a suit of clothes the tailors are oftenhandicapped and hindered by the fact that the person being measured iswearing no waist coat or vest, thereby rendering it diflicult for thetailor to establish any short measurements by means of chalk marks andcausing him trouble in measuring over a bulky and loose fitting shirt.

Especially is this the case when a man is traveling for a clothing housewho makes a specialty of selling clothes to order and who comes incontact with all kinds of men, often times miners who never wear a vestwhile at work. These men usually wear loose fitting garments which makesit impossible for a person to measure them properly. "When thiscondition arises tailors generally use a vest which they may happen tohave with them or in stock and slip this on the person to be measured(although the vest does not fit properly) thereby giving them somethingupon which their short measures can be established and producing aneater and more natural form upon which to work. It is practicallyimpossible to properly measure a person who is without a waist coat orvest. The vest which has been used by the tailor may not be what thetailor would prefer inasmuch as it ean- 110-t fit all sizes of personsnevertheless it is a great advantage over no vest at all.

The object of our invention is to produce a vest which can be kept in atailors shop or carried by a traveling man for use on just suchoccasions, which can be readily adjusted to fit a person of any size andwhich will register his chest and waist measures so that the tailor canat a glance ascertain what these measurements are without having to usehis tape measure.

A further object of our invention is to provide a vest which can besuitably adapted to fit a person of any size upon which the tailor canestablish his short measures by means of chalk marks without thenecessity of marking upon the vest of the person being measured.

Our invention consists in a device substantially as herein set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which serves to illustrate our invention:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a waist coat or vest made inaccordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of same; Fig. 3 isa view looking at the back of the waist coat, the waist coat beingspread apart; Fig. 1- is a view of the back of the waist coatillustrating how the back may be divided if desired; and Figs. 5 and 6are detail views of the straps used showing the series of graduatedholes therein and the figures thereon for the purpose of registering thechest and waist measures.

In the embodiment of our invention, as illustrated, 1 represents theleft front portion of the vest preferably provided as usual with theordinary series of button holes-3, and 2 represents the right frontportion of the vest which has the usual row of buttons -il fastenedthereto. The back portion 5 is made in the usual manner with the seam 6down the middle thereof. The arm openings 7 are partly cut out of eachfront portion and each side of the back portion as best shown in Fig. 3.Each front portion is joined permanently to the back portion above eachof their respective arm openings, thus constituting the shoulders 8 ofthe vest. The front portions and the back portions are left entirelyfree from each other below said arm openings, thus allowing the vest tobe adjusted below said arm openings by buckles 9 fastened to the back 5,and straps 10, preferably made of leather, fastened to the fronts. Thesebuckles are fastened to the edge of the back adjacent the front portion,and the straps are fastened to the front portions in proper position toengage the buckles.

If desired the back may be separated at the seam 6, as shown in Fig. 4,and buckles and straps may be employed in order to provide an adjustableback. Also instead of buttons and button holes in the front portions,fastening means such as buckles and straps can readily be provided therealso, thereby making an adjustable front to the vest. However, theconstruction shown in Fig. 1 is preferable.

The straps 10 are provided with a series of holes 11 which are spacedpreferably onehalf'inch apart but which may be spaced onequarter inchapart if desired. Thus when the strap is let out one hole, that isone-half inch, the measurement entirely around the body of the vest isincreased one inch, there being a pair of straps on each side of thegarment. The straps, which are placed on a line where the chest andwaist measurements are usually taken, are provided With-2L series offigures immediately above the holes which show the measurements of thechest and waist respectively for the respective holes in which thetongue of the buckle might enter. For instance, as shown in Fig. 5, thesmallest measurement that this vest could assume would be thirtysiX inchchest measurement and the largest measurement would depend upon thelength of the strap preferably not larger than forty-two inches, asshown.

Vests of this character can be readily made in sets thus having one formeasurements up to thirty-three inch waist and thirty-six inch chest,another one from thirty-three inch waist and thirty-six inch chesttothirty-nine inch waist and fortytwoinch chest and still another one forlarger sizes.

Our vest is placed upon the person to be measured in the ordinary wayand the straps are then tightened so that the vest is adjustable to fitthe person properly. The chest and waist measurements are readilyascertained at a glance by the figures over the holes in which thetongue of the buckles 9 happen to rest, thus eliminating the necessityof the tailor using a tape measure for these measurements and alsoproviding a garment which readily fits the form, so that he is enabledto properly, accurately, quickly and conveniently measure the person aswell as having a garment upon which he can establish his marks for shortmeasures.

This garment is particularly advantageous to the men who are travelingon the road for an advertising clothing house which makes a specialty ofmaking clothes to order. These men meet all classes of people, oftentimes workmen, such as are working in mines, etc, and who very seldomwear a vest or have one within reach and Who usually wear loose clothingwhich makes it very diflicult to measure them properly. The advantagesof a garment of this nature which can easily be carried by travelingmen, are readily seen.

It will be understood that our invention is capable of some modificationwithout departing from its spirit or scope, and especially is this truewith relation to the ad justable fastening means as any fastening meansdesired may be employed and if preferred the positions of the bucklesand straps may be reversed. Also the front and back may be provided withadjustable fastening means as well as the sides if desired, thusincreasing the adjustability of the garment.

hat we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A garment of the character described comprising front and back piecespermanently secured together above the arm openings only, and detachablyand adjustably secured to each other below said arm openings,substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

OTTO H. KUEI-IN. GEORGE B. PRELL.

Witnesses FRED C. RADLorF, L. K. GRIFFITH.

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